33 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze
At least 33 killed after a Sudan Airways plane carrying 217 people burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport on Tuesday night. The airliner was an Airbus which was carrying 203 passengers & 14 crew members. Police & airport officials said that they were still trying to determine casualty numbers.
One passenger said that the plane had tried to land at Khartoum airport “but then the captain told us we couldn’t land because of bad weather”. He said they then flew to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan & circled before returning to Khartoum an hour later. He said when pilot tried to land there was a crash. Some people were taken to hospitals in Khartoum. Crew had managed to “get many people out”.
An airport official said, “The plane was coming from Amman & Syria. It landed safely at Khartoum airport & they talked to the control tower which told them where to taxi. At this moment an explosion happened. Whether it is a technical reason, we don’t know yet”.
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